IA area data
Hancock, IA
Hancock, IA.
Population: 613 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 379.0 (+3.7% YoY)
Market activity
- Median sale price
- $170,000
- Median list price
- $165,000
- Median days on market
- 30 days
- Sale-to-list ratio
- 103.0%
Rents
- 2-bedroom fair-market rent (HUD reference)
- $1,020/mo
- 3BR fair-market rent
- $1,350/mo
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 87.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $10.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- hail, strongWind, tornado, coldWave, drought
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 35.9 in
- Annual snowfall
- 19.6 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 42
- Days with Good air quality
- 77
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (30 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Ridge Airport (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Eppley Airfield (OMA) (28 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 19
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.8 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 6
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.1 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,938
- Median annual property tax
- $1,719
- Households with broadband internet
- 64.3%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 34,348
- Average weekly wage
- $1,031
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 98
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